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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. On this first day of a New Year, we were asked what are reading resolutions are. Here in no particular order are the top ten books I want to read this year.
1-2. The Ask and The Answer and Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness - I started this series last year and loved it, but somehow, I never finished The Ask and The Answer (I'm only about 50 pages in), so I am making this series a priority this year.
3. Just One Day by Gayle Forman - I adored If I Stay and Where She Went, and I can't wait to start Forman's new two part series about a boy and a girl who spend one amazing day together in Paris.
4. The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen - I started reading Dessen in my early teens (!), and I can't believe this is her 11th book!
5. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo - I am a firm believer in reading a book before I see a movie, and I am dying to see Anne Hathaway sing in this new film adaptation of Hugo's classic work.
6. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - ditto number 5 - I have started this book, and I hope to finish it this year. It's a hefty one.
7. Every Day by David Levithan - Levithan has been hit or miss for me recently, but I've read rave reviews of Every Day, and it's premise reminds me of The Lover's Dictionary, which I adored, so it seems promising.
8. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - not my normal read, but I've read excellent and intriguing reviews (also, look at that cover!), so I'm planning on picking it up. (This will be a great book for the "Outside the Box" reading challenge I'm participating in this year - hosted by Kate at Musings of a Book Lover.)
9. Anything by Courteny Summers - Summers has been on my TBR list for a long time. I'm hoping to rectify that this year.
10. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan - due out later this year, The House of Hades is the final installment in The Lost Heroes series. I read The Mark of Athena last year, and it was the best one yet, so I can't wait to see what Riordan has in store for readers next!
Anna Kereina... Really need to get to that one. Awesome 10s
ReplyDeleteIt was a hard decision for me to cut it down to 10 though. Here's mine!
I really need to read Anna Karenina and Les Mis, too, although I don't know that I'll get to either of them this year.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
The Night Circus is on my list too! And I would love to read Just One Day and Anna Karenina too!! Great list :)
ReplyDeleteHere's my Top Ten!
Anna Karenina's making a comeback! I'm sensing a read along. If I get a chance, I'll work one up. Happy New Year all!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with #3,4,and 9. I can't wait for those.
ReplyDeleteAnna Karenina is easily my favorite book of all time. Definitely recommend it.
Happy New Years and happy reading!
Here are the books I resolve to read
~Danica Page
Taking it One Page at a Time
Thanks for the recommendation!
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DeleteThanks :)
DeleteI need to read The Ask and the Answer and Monsters of Men as well. I really liked The Knife of Never Letting Go, but it was such an overwhelming read at times I feel I need quite a bit of a break before I can pick up The Ask and the Answer.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what happened to me. I loved The Knife of Never Letting go, but it is really intense.
DeleteI haven't read any of these. I do want to read If I Stay, but I need to be in just the right mood.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your book resolutions!
Happy New Year :)
It is a great book but very emotional. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI just recently finished The Ask & the Answer, but I needed to take a break before Monsters of Men. I like these books but I think they are kind of draining reads in a way. Like I need time to process everything before moving on to the next one.
ReplyDeleteYay Anna Karenina and Les Miserables! I loved the first and am reading the second this year - hope I stay on track!
I really enjoyed The Night Circus! The writing is really lovely and the story is very unique! Hope you like it if you do read it this year :)
I'm loving AK, but I think I'm going to have to switch to a professional audiobook because the narrators are so bad on the free one I got that they are ruining the story...I looked at Monsters of Men on my bookshelf yesterday, and I was like no, not ready yet. They are so good but sooooo intense.
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